2025 Best Divinity/Ministry Schools in the Great Lakes Region
8Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
923Divinity Studies Degrees Awarded
Divinity/Ministry is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #113 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
College Factual reviewed 8 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of divinity/ministry. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 923 degrees in divinity/ministry annually.
Your choice of divinity/ministry school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Divinity/Ministry School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Divinity/Ministry Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Divinity/Ministry in the Great Lakes Region
The schools below may not offer all types of divinity studies degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top Great Lakes Region Schools in Divinity Studies
It's hard to beat University of Notre Dame if you want to pursue a degree in divinity/ministry. Located in the large suburb of Notre Dame, Notre Dame is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #29 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Notre Dame is a great university overall.
There were approximately 8 divinity/ministry students who graduated with this degree at Notre Dame in the most recent year we have data available.
Indiana Wesleyan University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in divinity/ministry. Located in the town of Marion, IWU is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #555 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means IWU is a great university overall.More information about a degree in divinity/ministry from Indiana Wesleyan University
Any student who is interested in divinity/ministry needs to check out Moody Bible Institute. Moody Theological Seminary and Graduate School is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.
There were about 50 divinity/ministry students who graduated with this degree at Moody Theological Seminary and Graduate School in the most recent data year.
It's difficult to beat Grace College and Theological Seminary if you wish to pursue a degree in divinity/ministry. Grace College is a small private not-for-profit college located in the distant town of Winona Lake. This college ranks 25th out of 41 schools for overall quality in the state of Indiana.
There were approximately 7 divinity/ministry students who graduated with this degree at Grace College in the most recent data year.
Located in the suburb of Deerfield, TIU Illinois is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly small student population. This university ranks 702nd out of 2,152 schools for overall quality nationwide.
There were roughly 43 divinity/ministry students who graduated with this degree at TIU Illinois in the most recent data year.
Lincoln Christian College and Seminary is a fairly small private not-for-profit university located in the town of Lincoln.
There were roughly 33 divinity/ministry students who graduated with this degree at Lincoln Christian College and Seminary in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the rural area of Marion, IWU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #224 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means IWU is a great university overall.
There were about 6 divinity/ministry students who graduated with this degree at IWU in the most recent data year.
Located in the rural area of Cedarville, Cedarville is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 31st out of 91 schools for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were about 15 divinity/ministry students who graduated with this degree at Cedarville in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
Your choice of divinity/ministry school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Divinity/Ministry School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
